Candy Widdifield, M.Ed.
Experienced Clinical Therapist & Certified Master Coach

"The secret of change is to focus your energy not on fighting the old, but building the new." - Socrates
Transformational Coaching
Do you find that a lot of your energy and resources are spent trying to manage and improve your wellbeing? Are you frustrated from doing the "right things" but not seeing progress? Are you caught in a cycle of making some improvements only to backslide? Does it feel like you are constantly swimming upstream in your life and you are burnt out from all the effort? Or do you find it hard to consistently do the things that you know would help?
If you answered "yes" to any one of these questions, you are not alone. There is a way forward.
When we are faced with health challenges our primary focus is often outward: seeing practitioners, taking the supplements or medications, gathering information, doing all the things that are supposed to improve us or looking for the next thing that might help. While doing this is important, it is only half of the equation.
Advances in neuroscience and mind-body medicine now show us just how much our internal experience influences our health and our capacity to heal. What we think, feel, and how we behave can either support us or thwart us. How we relate to ourselves and our experiences can either accelerate or interrupt our journey toward wellbeing. In order to get the benefit from all the things we do externally, we need to create the conditions internally that allow healing to occur.
Most people are in a chronically stressed state. This interrupts the healing process. Examples of stressed internal states include: fear or worry about their condition and the future; anger, resentment or frustration with their experience or with others; feelings of helplessness or questioning whether recovery is possible; feeling not seen or misunderstood by others; not having an off switch and being constantly on the go; overstimulating our brains with input on a daily basis. Often these inner experiences are combined with being highly critical of oneself, being an overachiever or perfectionist. Sometimes these inner states are so automatic that we aren't even aware they are happening until we start to pay closer attention.
The first step in creating the conditions for sustainable healing is to understand the impact of stress and the roles that the brain, mind, and nervous system play in creating and maintaining our health. With this understanding we can start to recognize where we need to intervene and take small actions that will begin to activate our inner healing mechanisms. It is the repetition of these actions and interventions over time, along with changing the way we relate to ourselves that are the missing pieces for many people that make all the difference.
My Approach
I supporting people, through mind-body interventions, to create deep level transformation that leads to lasting changes in health, wellbeing, and quality of life. This level of inner transformation is not something that can be achieved with AI or with traditional coaching or therapy methods alone. In order to transform we need to be in a growth container with a coach/therapist who can guide us, help us self-reflect and identify our inner experiences, support us in our actions and commitment to change, and champion us forward when the old patterns show up and we backslide.
In my approach I incorporate many tools from Positive Psychology, Woman Centered Coaching, Mind-Body Medicine, Somatic Psychotherapy and Neural Retraining to support people in the most effective way I know. This powerful combination helps people transcend their inner barriers and step into sustainable recovery and possibility.
Positive Psychology is an evidence based field that builds on our strengths and teaches us strategies to create more happiness, well-being and success in our lives. Woman Centered Coaching helps us to step into a mindset of growth & possibility, and to uncover & transcend the limitations that hold us back (regardless of gender). Mind-body medicine improves our physical health through brain and nervous system interventions. Somatic interventions help us release stored trauma, regulate our nervous systems, and cultivate a stronger healthier relationship with self. Neural retraining focuses on the changeability or "plasticity" of the brain, and uses the latest research & understanding of the brain to assist us in making lasting changes.
To be added to my waitlist for individual transformational coaching please email me.
Advanced Brain Retraining Coaching
If you are an advanced brain retrainer who has made progress but are not where you want to be in your recovery, or you are starting to re-engage more in life and coming up against barriers, I can help you. Together we can refine your implementation of the brain retraining tools, support you to overcome roadblocks and do the deeper work necessary for resilience. Given my extensive experience and education, I am able to easily troubleshoot and help you progress, creating a clear path to take to move forward. I am extensively familiar with Pain Reprocessing Therapy, DNRS, the Gupta Program, the Heal Program, Joe Dispenza's work, and have a basic understanding of Primal Trust. Coaching sessions are tailored to suit your individual needs, longings, and intentions.
If you wish to be added to my waitlist, please contact me.
All Sessions are done by distance, over Zoom or by phone


"Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it." - Hellen Keller
What Clients have to say about working with me:
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"I really enjoy working with Candy. She has a natural gift for helping others feel supported. Whenever I get off the phone with her I notice a smile on my face and I just feel better. She feels like a warm hug from your most caring loving aunt. She’s really great at explaining things and giving different perspective that helps me navigate challenges. I am grateful to work with her."
"Candy is a coach who meets you where you are at and a safe place to land. Not only did I learn a lot, her direction is concise, clear and simple to follow. Never give up hope! I am in a place that I searched decades for physically, mentally and spiritually."
"Candy is so bright, so clear with noticing what needs to be addressed and communicating it. She is incredibly good at what she does."
"Candy's insights and wisdom is incredibly helpful."
"While doing coaching with Candy she encouraged me to try reiki sessions with her. It’s something I’d never done before and she has such a beautiful way of doing her sessions. Spiritual guidance and healing has been such an essential part of my healing journey. Candy's spiritual guidance combined with her extensive knowledge of all things brain retraining in coaching sessions and reiki is a very unique gift of hers. Her coaching calls are kind and compassionate and her guidance is clear and accessible always meeting me where I’m at. I’m so very grateful for all she has to offer in such a beautiful way on my healing journey."
"Thank you for helping me regain my health and my life! And thank you for your incredible guidance and patience."
"Candy is such a great resource. I am so grateful to her."
"Thank you so much for your kindness, your guidance and your wisdom."
"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the gift you are giving. I am so looking forward to continue working with you."
" I wanted to take a moment to truly thank you for all that you do. It has been an absolute pleasure learning from you and working with you the past several months. You are an inspiring mentor and I am most grateful for all the insights you have shared with me."
"Candy is a phenomenal coach, teacher & presenter. If you get a chance to work with her, take it!"